10.21.11, Friday
IN-CLASS: Unit Test!
HOMEWORK: None. Rest. :-)
10.19.11, Wednesday
IN-CLASS: Projects due today. We shared our work!
HOMEWORK: Unit test next class. Bring your book!
10.17.11, Monday
IN-CLASS: Odyssey final discussion, part II; written summary/response to discussion; return invocations and discuss Odyssey project.
HOMEWORK: Personal Odyssey Projects due next class. Please: print out final drafts of invocation and all your essays. Hand in these paper copies separate from the ones in your project; Ms. Wray will grade the separate copies. Also: do NOT call your project "My Odyssey." Please come up with a telling and original title.
UPCOMING: Unit test and vocab quiz #4 Friday 10/21
10.11.11, Tuesday
IN-CLASS: Vocabulary quiz #3, Final Discussion, part I
HOMEWORK: Vocabulary sentences #4, prepare to continue discussion next class
UPCOMING: Unit Test Friday 10/21, Personal Odyssey Project due Wednesday 10/19
10.7.11, Friday
IN-CLASS: Peer Edit, Invocation info, revised project due date, group work, books 18-20
HOMEWORK:
Finish The Odyssey! Pay particular attention to: violence (is it justified?), symbolism, resolution?, depiction of heroism (voyage of hero), the role of the divine in these final pages.
Study for vocab quiz on Tuesday.
PN #5 and invocation.
Sleep. Breathe. Smile.
10.5.11, Wednesday
IN-CLASS: we finished sharing the Greek Deities we were assigned, went over the need to show insight and significance by examining quizzes, completed a "what's important" worksheet and used it as a basis for a discussion of books 14-17.
HOMEWORK: read books 18-20, draft of personal narrative #4, read the two poems and write a 1/2 page response to ONE of the poems, in which you address EITHER (a) your reaction to the poem and how it sheds new light on The Odyssey, (b) the use of figurative language to create meaning in the poem, or (c) an idea of your own.
10.3.11, Monday
IN-CLASS: collect vocab and clarify words, Greek figures sharing, quiz over 9-13, tracking odysseus' journey
HOMEWORK: read books 14-17, study vocab for quiz Friday, narrative #4 due Friday, read "voyage of hero" handout, fill in chart for rows you were assigned
9.29.11, Thursday
IN-CLASS: senate report, vocabulary quiz #2, peer revision on narrative #2, lit term clarification
HOMEWORK: Read books 11-13 (Reading check over 9-13 next class). Vocabulary sentences #3. Personal Narrative #3. Part of Speech worksheet (so short. so easy!)
9.27.11, Tuesday
IN-CLASS: Journal Write #5; group discussion re: gender, heroism, and narrative structure
HOMEWORK: vocab quiz #2 next class, read The Odyssey books 9-10, personal narrative #2
9.23.11, Friday
IN-CLASS: PSAT overview, personal odyssey project introduction and overview, journal write #4 , discussion of books 3 and 4
HOMEWORK: read books 5-8, compose personal narrative draft #1, bring info (a brief summary or paragraph) on your assigned topic (see assignments here).
9.21.11, Wednesday
IN-CLASS: collect vocabulary sentences #2; Journal Write #3 and some important terms (xenia, moira, hamartia, epithet); discussion re: first impressions, role of gods in lives of man, and characterization; epithet practice
HOMEWORK: read books 3 and 4. guiding questions are here . if you have questions, post them on the discussion board for your peers or Ms. Wray to answer. Tips: read aloud, take notes, use audio (for sale here) to follow along.
9.19.11, Monday
IN-CLASS: vocab quiz #1, active verbs, Del Toro clip and discussion, Trojan War summaries, pick up Odyssey
HOMEWORK: read books 1 and 2 of The Odyssey and be prepared to discuss questions, select a passage that illustrates characterization, compose vocab sentences #2
9.15.11, Thursday
IN-CLASS: lit term project intro (examples here), be the cookie, A Complicated Kindness discussion, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
HOMEWORK: Read Trojan War handout and summarize visually, vocab quiz #1 next class
9.13.11, Tuesday
IN-CLASS: reasons to study vocab, books we love, East of Eden discussion
HOMEWORK: Journal Write #2, post on discussion page
9.9.11, Friday
IN-CLASS: Journal Write #1 , "Why do we tell stories?" discussion, begin summer reading discussion
HOMEWORK: read "Where are you going, where have you been," making notes as you read; vocabulary sentences #1; book review
9.7.11, Wednesday
IN-CLASS: Introductions and welcome, course overview & syllabus, what will you bring?
HOMEWORK: register for wiki, reading and writing questionnaire, materials and signature by Tuesday 9/13
IN-CLASS: Unit Test!
HOMEWORK: None. Rest. :-)
10.19.11, Wednesday
IN-CLASS: Projects due today. We shared our work!
HOMEWORK: Unit test next class. Bring your book!
10.17.11, Monday
IN-CLASS: Odyssey final discussion, part II; written summary/response to discussion; return invocations and discuss Odyssey project.
HOMEWORK: Personal Odyssey Projects due next class. Please: print out final drafts of invocation and all your essays. Hand in these paper copies separate from the ones in your project; Ms. Wray will grade the separate copies. Also: do NOT call your project "My Odyssey." Please come up with a telling and original title.
UPCOMING: Unit test and vocab quiz #4 Friday 10/21
10.11.11, Tuesday
IN-CLASS: Vocabulary quiz #3, Final Discussion, part I
HOMEWORK: Vocabulary sentences #4, prepare to continue discussion next class
UPCOMING: Unit Test Friday 10/21, Personal Odyssey Project due Wednesday 10/19
10.7.11, Friday
IN-CLASS: Peer Edit, Invocation info, revised project due date, group work, books 18-20
HOMEWORK:
Finish The Odyssey! Pay particular attention to: violence (is it justified?), symbolism, resolution?, depiction of heroism (voyage of hero), the role of the divine in these final pages.
Study for vocab quiz on Tuesday.
PN #5 and invocation.
Sleep. Breathe. Smile.
10.5.11, Wednesday
IN-CLASS: we finished sharing the Greek Deities we were assigned, went over the need to show insight and significance by examining quizzes, completed a "what's important" worksheet and used it as a basis for a discussion of books 14-17.
HOMEWORK: read books 18-20, draft of personal narrative #4, read the two poems and write a 1/2 page response to ONE of the poems, in which you address EITHER (a) your reaction to the poem and how it sheds new light on The Odyssey, (b) the use of figurative language to create meaning in the poem, or (c) an idea of your own.
10.3.11, Monday
IN-CLASS: collect vocab and clarify words, Greek figures sharing, quiz over 9-13, tracking odysseus' journey
HOMEWORK: read books 14-17, study vocab for quiz Friday, narrative #4 due Friday, read "voyage of hero" handout, fill in chart for rows you were assigned
9.29.11, Thursday
IN-CLASS: senate report, vocabulary quiz #2, peer revision on narrative #2, lit term clarification
HOMEWORK: Read books 11-13 (Reading check over 9-13 next class). Vocabulary sentences #3. Personal Narrative #3. Part of Speech worksheet (so short. so easy!)
9.27.11, Tuesday
IN-CLASS: Journal Write #5; group discussion re: gender, heroism, and narrative structure
HOMEWORK: vocab quiz #2 next class, read The Odyssey books 9-10, personal narrative #2
9.23.11, Friday
IN-CLASS: PSAT overview, personal odyssey project introduction and overview, journal write #4 , discussion of books 3 and 4
HOMEWORK: read books 5-8, compose personal narrative draft #1, bring info (a brief summary or paragraph) on your assigned topic (see assignments here).
9.21.11, Wednesday
IN-CLASS: collect vocabulary sentences #2; Journal Write #3 and some important terms (xenia, moira, hamartia, epithet); discussion re: first impressions, role of gods in lives of man, and characterization; epithet practice
HOMEWORK: read books 3 and 4. guiding questions are here . if you have questions, post them on the discussion board for your peers or Ms. Wray to answer. Tips: read aloud, take notes, use audio (for sale here) to follow along.
9.19.11, Monday
IN-CLASS: vocab quiz #1, active verbs, Del Toro clip and discussion, Trojan War summaries, pick up Odyssey
HOMEWORK: read books 1 and 2 of The Odyssey and be prepared to discuss questions, select a passage that illustrates characterization, compose vocab sentences #2
9.15.11, Thursday
IN-CLASS: lit term project intro (examples here), be the cookie, A Complicated Kindness discussion, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
HOMEWORK: Read Trojan War handout and summarize visually, vocab quiz #1 next class
9.13.11, Tuesday
IN-CLASS: reasons to study vocab, books we love, East of Eden discussion
HOMEWORK: Journal Write #2, post on discussion page
9.9.11, Friday
IN-CLASS: Journal Write #1 , "Why do we tell stories?" discussion, begin summer reading discussion
HOMEWORK: read "Where are you going, where have you been," making notes as you read; vocabulary sentences #1; book review
9.7.11, Wednesday
IN-CLASS: Introductions and welcome, course overview & syllabus, what will you bring?
HOMEWORK: register for wiki, reading and writing questionnaire, materials and signature by Tuesday 9/13